TPTB do seem to be recycling variations of some challenging tasks this season. The cave in episode 2, the counting the Buddhas (similar to a task in the Netherlands?) for episode three, and I'm wondering if they're headed back towards that famous leg 11 (Chicken Island) from season 1 now that CBS has confirmed a leg in Phuket. It does seem like they've pulled out a combo of "extreme" challenges for this season, doesn't it?

"Our fans are pretty good. They don't give away too much. Sometimes people love dropping spoilers, but our fans are good. They tend to do it in such a way that doesn't ruin it for fans who don't want to know."--Phil Keoghan

"Our fans are pretty good. They don't give away too much. Sometimes people love dropping spoilers, but our fans are good. They tend to do it in such a way that doesn't ruin it for fans who don't want to know."--Phil Keoghan

No...we have a greeter at Borobudur for SURE. So RB must be the last task... and Borobudur should be the PitStop.

I have always wondered if the Prambanan temple tweeter mis-spoke Prambanan for Borobudur.

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"Our fans are pretty good. They don't give away too much. Sometimes people love dropping spoilers, but our fans are good. They tend to do it in such a way that doesn't ruin it for fans who don't want to know."--Phil Keoghan

See this? Is that a tourist trolley on the right side? perhaps we can match it to one of those locations??

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Quote: This market is the back entrance to the Taman Sari water castle. It used to be a complex of Taman Sari. After the independence of Indonesia from Dutch colonialism, Taman Sari was abandoned. I don't know when it starts, but now Pasar Ngasem is a place where Jogjakartanese find birds as pets. It is the Javanese culture that makes Jogjakarta men like to have birds as pets.

"Our fans are pretty good. They don't give away too much. Sometimes people love dropping spoilers, but our fans are good. They tend to do it in such a way that doesn't ruin it for fans who don't want to know."--Phil Keoghan

"Our fans are pretty good. They don't give away too much. Sometimes people love dropping spoilers, but our fans are good. They tend to do it in such a way that doesn't ruin it for fans who don't want to know."--Phil Keoghan

There's a sign that reads Kelurahan Patehan (Patehan Village) in the bicycle trouble shots... If that's the same as Kampung Patehan (also translates to Patehan Village), it's immediately southwest of the Kraton.

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Found out that Neobie in Chinese means "f*king awesome"! No, really. Look it up!

At first glance, all the Buddha statues appear similar, but there is a subtle difference between them in the mudras or the position of the hands. There are five groups of mudra: North, East, South, West and Zenith, which represent the five cardinal compass points according to Mahayana. The first four balustrades have the first four mudras: North, East, South and West, of which the Buddha statues that face one compass direction have the corresponding mudra. Buddha statues at the fifth balustrades and inside the 72 stupas on the top platform have the same mudra: Zenith. Each mudra represents one of the Five Dhyani Buddhas; each has its own symbolism.

In this Road Block, Justin (left) and Ernie (right) must count the different hand position of the Buddha statues in the 8th century Buddhist temple of Borobudur

I can see how telling some of these apart can become a problem when the hands are snapped off (images from Wikipedia)

Bhumisparsa mudra

Vara mudra

Dhyana mudra

Abhaya mudra

Vitarka mudra

Dharmachakra mudra

About the only way to complete this Roadblock will be to recognize that the Mudra they are trying to count occupy certain compass directions (or the top/zenith). The Team that figures this out first will take command of the leg. Or they could share the info and get some friendship points.

Since it has to do with compass directions I bet the Sunderlands will figure it out first. Since Zac has already done 2 out of 2 Roadblocks I bet it will be Laurence who does it.

I can see the teams easily misreading the Buddha counting task, especially if it is just the six hand positions used per that Wiki article. Without priot knowledge of Buddist mythology, I seriously doubt Americans will get something that stuble.

There was a new promo during Survivor last night. Will have that up soon.

Working on the Episode Promo up at CBS too ...

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"Our fans are pretty good. They don't give away too much. Sometimes people love dropping spoilers, but our fans are good. They tend to do it in such a way that doesn't ruin it for fans who don't want to know."--Phil Keoghan

"Our fans are pretty good. They don't give away too much. Sometimes people love dropping spoilers, but our fans are good. They tend to do it in such a way that doesn't ruin it for fans who don't want to know."--Phil Keoghan